Method and apparatus for drawing a drawing using structural inference of objects in the drawing

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for drawing, the method comprising: inputting a drawing image; recognizing a component in the input drawing image; inferring a structure of an object based on the recognized component; and drawing the inferred structure of the object.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

The present application claims priority to a KR application10-2021-0140496, filed Oct. 20, 2021, the entire contents of which areincorporated herein for all purposes by this reference.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention

The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for drawing adrawing and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for drawing adrawing by using structural inference of an object in the drawing.

Description of the Related Art

An image drawing represents information on a drawing by using a bitmapin an image file, and a computer aided design (CAD) process is neededfor actual design. In this regard, a process of connecting points andlines and recognizing components in an image drawing is indispensable.Generally, drawing an image drawing has been studied with the main focuson a process of capturing and vectorizing points and lines connected inan image file, and such a process partially includes a process ofextracting drawing information by detecting an object in the imagedrawing. However, in practice, an image drawing is drawn mostly byutilizing assistant vectorization software rather than an automatedmeans, or a person draws the image drawing again. As this processrequires a lot of time and effort but has low reusability, it isinefficient.

Vectorization of an image drawing is studied to draw sketch images ofdesigns and animations, and an overall structure is not captured norunderstood since the main focus is on the representation and connectionof lines. Deep learning-based vectorization is also being studied, butit requires a lot of operation time and does not include any step ofunderstanding actual components. A method of learning and drawingconnections and zones in a floor plan, which are to be used for rooms,an arrangement and construction of the floor plan, has been proposed.However, the method is limited to floor plans and is not suitable forusing an object in which multiple components are connected. In recentyears, new approaches are being studied which learn an order of drawinga drawing and reproduce the order in a component level. However, thereare still only a few studies addressing a method of drawing a drawingitself.

The conventional technique utilizes a vectorization-based algorithm todraw a drawing, but users feel discomfort problems such as fragmentationof drawings, unknown internal parts like members, and necessity ofmanual drawing works.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure is directed to provide a method and apparatus fordrawing the structure of an object by recognizing a component in adrawing image and inferring the structure of the object based on therecognized component.

The present disclosure is directed to provide a drawing method andapparatus for searching a component library, when there is a componentmissing from an inferred structure of an object, to retrieve a similarcomponent to the missing component, adding the retrieved component tothe library and drawing the component.

Other objects and advantages of the present disclosure will becomeapparent from the description below and will be clearly understoodthrough embodiments of the present disclosure. It is also to be easilyunderstood that the objects and advantages of the present disclosure maybe realized by means of the appended claims and a combination thereof.

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According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method fordrawing, the method comprising: inputting a drawing image; recognizing acomponent in the input drawing image; inferring a structure of an objectbased on the recognized component; and drawing the inferred structure ofthe object.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method fordrawing, the method, further comprising classifying the drawing imagebased on an attribute of a drawing.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method fordrawing, the method, further comprising recognizing individually acomponent in the drawing image.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method fordrawing, wherein the inferring of the structure of the object based onthe recognized component comprises inferring the structure of the objectin a direction from a lower component to an upper component.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method fordrawing, wherein the inferring of the structure of the object based onthe recognized component comprises inferring the structure of the objectbased on a first component image viewed from a first direction.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method fordrawing, the method, further comprising inferring the structure of theobject based on a second component image viewed from a second directiondifferent from the first direction.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method fordrawing, wherein a height of the first component image and a height ofthe second component image are identical.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method fordrawing, wherein the drawing of the inferred structure of the objectfurther comprises drawing the structure of the object by referring toinference result and a preset component library.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method fordrawing, the method, further comprising: retrieving a component withsimilarity exceeding a preset value by referring to the componentlibrary, when there is a component missing from the structure of theobject; and registering the retrieved component to the componentlibrary.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method fordrawing, wherein the drawing of the inferred structure of the objectcomprises: modeling the structure of the object in three dimensions; andgenerating the structure of the object in a CAD file.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus fordrawing, the apparatus comprising: an input unit configured to receivean input of a drawing image; a controller configured to: recognize acomponent in the input drawing image, infer a structure of an objectbased on the recognized component, and draw the inferred structure ofthe object, and a display unit configured to display the structure ofthe object.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus fordrawing, wherein the controller is further configured to classify thedrawing image based on an attribute of a drawing.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus fordrawing, wherein the controller is further configured to individuallyrecognize a component in the input drawing image.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus fordrawing, wherein the controller is further configured to infer thestructure of the object in a direction from a lower component to anupper component.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus fordrawing, wherein the controller is further configured to infer thestructure of the object based on a first component image viewed from afirst direction.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus fordrawing, wherein the controller is further configured to infer thestructure of the object based on a second component image viewed from asecond direction different from the first direction.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus fordrawing, wherein a height of the first component image and a height ofthe second component image are identical.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus fordrawing, the apparatus, further comprising a memory configured to apreset component library, wherein the controller is further configuredto draw the structure of the object by referring to inference result andthe preset component library.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus fordrawing, wherein the controller is further configured to: retrieve acomponent with similarity exceeding a preset value by the componentlibrary, when there is a component missing from the structure of theobject, and register the retrieved component to the component library.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an method fordrawing, the method comprising: capturing, by a camera, a drawing image;recognizing a component in the captured drawing image; inferring astructure of an object based on the recognized component; and drawingthe inferred structure of the object in a CAD file.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, as a component ina drawing image is recognized, the structure of an object is inferredbased on the recognized component and the inferred structure of theobject is drawn, a reusable drawing may be constructed, therebyenhancing a user's convenience.

As the present disclosure is directed to provide a drawing method andapparatus for searching a component library, when there is a componentmissing from an inferred structure of an object, to retrieve a similarcomponent to the missing component, adding the retrieved component tothe library and drawing the component, a component missing from acomponent recognition process may be added so that a drawing may keepupdated to a higher quality.

Effects obtained in the present disclosure are not limited to theabove-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned above may beclearly understood by those skilled in the art from the followingdescription.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a configuration of a drawing apparatusaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a drawing method according to anembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a view illustrating a concept of a drawing method according toan embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a view illustrating the recognition of a component and anobject from an image drawing according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIGS. 5A and 5B are views illustrating a representative drawing and arepresentative drawing recognition result according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure.

FIGS. 6A and 6B are views illustrating a detailed drawing and a detaileddrawing recognition result according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIGS. 7A, 7B, and 7C are views illustrating a target object and adrawing image viewed from a different direction according to anembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIGS. 8A and 8B are views illustrating recognition of a component in anindividual drawing image according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 9 is a view illustrating a structure of an object inferred based ona recognized component according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 10 is a view illustrating an embodiment of drawing a structure ofan object based on an inference result according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 11 is a view illustrating an embodiment of a component libraryaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 12 is a view illustrating an embodiment of CAD drawing according toan embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 13 is a view illustrating an embodiment of CAD drawing according toan embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 13 is a view illustrating an embodiment of a component missing froma structure inference result according to another embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 14 is a view illustrating a flowchart of a drawing method for acase in which there is a component missing from an inference result.

FIG. 15 is a view illustrating a flowchart of a drawing method accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 16 is a view illustrating a configuration of a drawing apparatusaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described indetail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those ofordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure pertains caneasily implement them. However, the present disclosure may beimplemented in several different forms and is not limited to theembodiments described herein.

In describing an embodiment of the present disclosure, if it isdetermined that a detailed description of a well-known configuration orfunction may obscure the gist of the present disclosure, a detaileddescription thereof will be omitted. And, in the drawings, parts notrelated to the description of the present disclosure are omitted, andsimilar reference numerals are attached to similar parts.

In the present disclosure, the components that are distinguished fromeach other are for clearly explaining each characteristic, and thecomponents do not necessarily mean that the components are separated.That is, a plurality of components may be integrated to form onehardware or software unit, or one component may be distributed to form aplurality of hardware or software units. Accordingly, even if notspecifically mentioned, such integrated or distributed embodiments arealso included in the scope of the present disclosure.

In the present disclosure, components described in various embodimentsdo not necessarily mean essential components, and some may be optionalcomponents. Accordingly, an embodiment composed of a subset ofcomponents described in an embodiment is also included in the scope ofthe present disclosure. In addition, embodiments including othercomponents in addition to components described in various embodimentsare also included in the scope of the present disclosure.

In the present disclosure, terms such as first, second, etc. are usedonly for the purpose of distinguishing one component from othercomponents, and unless otherwise specified, the order or importancebetween the components is not limited. Accordingly, within the scope ofthe present disclosure, a first component in one embodiment may bereferred to as a second component in another embodiment, and similarly,a second component in one embodiment is referred to as a first componentin another embodiment.

When a component of the present disclosure is referred to as being“connected” or “connected” to another component, it may be directlyconnected or connected to the other component, but it should beunderstood that other components may exist in between. On the otherhand, when it is said that a certain element is “directly connected” or“directly connected” to another element, it should be understood thatthere is no other element in the middle.

In addition, in the present disclosure, the description of each drawingmay be applied to different drawings unless one drawing showing anembodiment of the present disclosure corresponds to another drawing andan alternative embodiment.

Hereinafter, the present disclosure will be described in more detailwith reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a configuration of a drawing apparatusaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a drawing apparatus 100 includes an input unit110, a display unit 120, a controller 130, a memory 140, a camera 150,and a communication unit 160.

The input unit 110 receives a drawing image as an input. Herein, thedrawing image includes an old hand-drawing drawing or a scanned drawingfor a traditional building. Extensions of the drawing image include jpg,tif, and pdf.

The display unit 120 displays a structure of an object according to acontrol command from the controller 130.

The controller 130 controls the input unit 110, the display unit 120,the memory 140, the camera 150, and the communication unit 160.

The controller 130 recognizes a component in the input drawing image,infers a structure of an object based on the recognized component, anddraws a drawing of the inferred structure of the object. Herein, theobject includes a traditional building and a modern building.

The controller 130 classifies the drawing image based on an attribute ofthe drawing.

An attribute of an individual drawing means a concrete feature of thedrawing.

For example, an attribute of a drawing may be a representative drawingor a detailed drawing, depending on whether the drawing illustrates awhole or a part. In addition, an attribute of a drawing may be a frontview, a side view, and a rear view according to directions in which anobject is viewed.

The controller 130 recognizes individual components in the input drawingimage.

The controller 130 infers the structure of the object in a directionfrom a lower component to an upper component. The controller 130 mayinfer the structure of the object in a direction from left to right.

The controller 130 infers the structure of the object based on a firstcomponent image viewed from a first direction.

The controller 130 infers the structure of the object based on a secondcomponent image viewed from a second direction different from the firstdirection. Herein, a height of the first component image and a height ofthe second component image are identical. In addition, the firstcomponent image and the second component image are the same component.

The controller 130 draws the structure of the object by referring to theinference result and the preset component library.

When there is a component missing from the structure of the object, thecontroller 130 retrieves a component, of which the similarity exceeds apreset value, by referring to the component library, and registers theretrieved component to the component library.

The memory 140 saves the preset component library.

The camera 150 captures a front image according to a control commandfrom the controller 130.

The communication unit 160 transmits and receives data to and from anexternal server.

The controller 130 receives a component library from the external servervia the communication unit, and when there is a missing component, thecontroller 130 retrieves a component, of which the similarity exceeds apreset value, by referring to the received component library, andregisters the retrieved component to the component library. Herein, thesimilarity may be 90%. The similarity is not limited thereto but mayhave a variable value.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a drawing method according to anembodiment of the present disclosure. The present invention isimplemented by a drawing apparatus.

Referring to FIG. 2 , a drawing image is input (S110).

A component in the input drawing image is recognized (S120). When thereis a figure in the input drawing image, a figure of the recognizedcomponent is calculated, and the calculated figure of the component isstored in a memory.

Based on the recognized component, a structure of an object is inferred(S130).

The inferred structure of the object is drawn (S140).

FIG. 3 is a view illustrating a concept of a drawing method according toan embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 3 , when a drawing image 10 is input, a drawing isclassified based on the drawing image 10, and a component in the drawingimage 10 is recognized (S310).

The drawing image 10 includes an old hand-drawing drawing or a scanneddrawing for a traditional building. The extension of the drawing image10 may be jpg, tif, pdf, png, and bmp.

When classifying the image and recognizing the component (S310), a typeof the drawing and the component are recognized based on a drawingclassification model and a component recognition model, which arepretrained for the drawing image 10.

For example, referring to FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 , in the case of anarchitectural drawing, for a representative drawing, a type of thedrawing and a constitutional part are recognized, and for a detaileddrawing, a type of a constitutional part and a component are recognized.

Based on artificial intelligence, the drawing is classified and acomponent is recognized, and then a result is provided as an input ofinference for a structure of an object.

Based on the classified drawing and the recognized component, thestructure of the object is inferred (S320).

Specifically, a recognition result may be expressed as a recognitionresult of the type of drawing and the component and as a recognitionresult of the constitutional part and may be utilized as an input valuefor drawing based on the structure through structure inference (S320).

The structure of the object is inferred based on a type of a componentand a position of the component.

In addition, the structure of the object may be inferred in comparisonwith an object structure model which is trained for a structure of anexisting traditional building. In this case, a difference may occurbetween the inference result and the drawing image.

Drawing is performed based on the structure of the object (S330).Specifically, the structure of the object in the drawing is drawn usinga template of the structure.

A drawing file 20 is generated by performing drawing. Herein, thedrawing file includes a CAD file. The file extension becomes dwg. Thefile extension is not limited to dwg, and the drawing file capable ofexecuting CAD is generated. In addition, the generated drawing file 20is a file capable of dimension and name editing for drawing.

A component is drawn using a preset component library, and when there isa component that fails to be recognized during the drawing process, amost similar component may be retrieved by searching the componentlibrary and be added to the component library.

FIG. 4 is a view illustrating the recognition of a component and anobject from an image drawing according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

Referring to FIG. 4 , an image drawing is input (S410). Based on theinput image drawing, a component and an object, which are included inthe image drawing, are recognized (S420). When the image drawingincludes a figure, the figures of the recognized component and objectare calculated based on the figure, and the figures thus calculated arestored in a memory.

When at least one of a missing component and an unidentified componentexists in the recognized components, it is retrieved and registered(S430).

Specifically, when there is a missing component among the recognizedcomponents, a component is retrieved in a preset component library, ofwhich the similarity to the missing component exceeds a threshold. Theretrieved component is registered to the component library.

The recognized components are edited (S440).

When a recognized component is made of wood, distortion may Occur. Inthis case, if it is recognized as it is, drawing may not be smoothlyperformed. In this case, a figure of the recognized component iscorrected and edited by considering the recognized component and astructure of an object.

FIG. 5 is a view illustrating a representative drawing and arepresentative drawing recognition result according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure. FIG. 5 includes FIG. 5(a) and FIG. 5(b).

FIG. 5(a) is a view illustrating a representative drawing. FIG. 5(b) isa view illustrating a representative drawing recognition result.

Referring to FIG. 5(a), a drawing image may be a representative drawingthat representatively expresses a structure of an object. For example,when an object 500 is a traditional building, a front view of thetraditional building may be a representative drawing.

Referring to FIG. 5(b), a representative drawing recognition result maybe a drawing that illustrates a recognition result of a plurality ofcomponents included in a representative drawing. For example, when theobject 500 is a traditional building, a drawing recognition result mayrecognize a plurality of components 510 in the traditional building anddisplay the components 510 in a drawing image.

FIG. 6 is a view illustrating a detailed drawing and a detailed drawingrecognition result according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.FIG. 6 includes FIG. 6(a) and FIG. 6(b).

FIG. 6(a) is a view illustrating a detailed drawing. FIG. 6(b) is a viewillustrating a detailed drawing recognition result.

Referring to FIG. 6(a), a drawing image may be a detailed drawing thatexpresses a structure of an object in detail. For example, when anobject 600 is a traditional building, a drawing illustrating a specificcomponent called gongpo of the traditional building may be a detaileddrawing.

Referring to FIG. 6(b), a detailed drawing recognition result may be adrawing that illustrates a recognition result of a plurality ofcomponents included in a detailed drawing. For example, when the object600 is a traditional building, a drawing recognition result mayrecognize a plurality of components 610 and 620 included in a specificcomponent called gongpo of the traditional building and display thecomponents 610 and 620 in a drawing image.

When the image drawing includes a figure, the figures of the recognizedcomponent and object are calculated based on the figure, and the figuresthus calculated are stored in a memory. In addition, the calculatedfigures may be marked for respective components.

FIG. 7 is a view illustrating a target object and a drawing image viewedfrom a different direction according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. FIG. 7 includes FIG. 7(a), FIG. 7(b), and FIG. 7(c).

FIG. 7(a) is a view illustrating a target object. FIG. 7(b) is a viewillustrating a drawing image in which a target object is viewed from afirst direction. FIG. 7(c) is a view illustrating a drawing image inwhich a target object is viewed from a second direction.

Referring to FIG. 7(a), a target object 700 may be configured as astructure consisting of 3 components of A, B and C.

Referring to FIG. 7(b), a first drawing image, in which the targetobject 700 is viewed from the first direction, may be a front view.

Referring to FIG. 7(c), a second drawing image, in which the targetobject 700 is viewed from the second direction, may be a side view.

For example, by recognizing the first drawing image and the seconddrawing image, a type of a drawing and a component may be recognized.

Hereinafter will be described a case in which an image drawing includesa figure.

An image drawing may include a figure and be utilized based on thefigure.

As there is scale information in a drawing, a value may be read, and ascale may be known as in a map.

In case of object recognition, when an overall size of an input image isassumed to be 1, a type of the object, a center coordinate (x, y), andwidth and height (d, h) may be known through recognition. By using suchinformation, a type of a traditional building member and a relativeposition in a drawing may be obtained.

As the relative positions of A, B and C may be obtained based on therelative position, an order of assembly may be inferred.

Accordingly, a figure of an actual drawing may be used, and an order ofassembly may be inferred based on a recognized result. However, as shownin the embodiment of FIG. 13 , a figure of a drawing may be differentfrom an actual figure (like in most traditional architectural drawings),an order of assembly may be grasped after recognition and a model may beuploaded like in the example of the present invention so that the figuremay be embodied in a semi-automatic way. When a recognition result showsthat a figure is not suitable for 3D modeling, a partial correction offigure may be performed.

When the image drawing includes a figure, the figures of the recognizedcomponent and object are calculated based on the figure, and the figuresthus calculated are stored in a memory. In addition, the calculatedfigures may be marked for respective components. A controller maycalculate a figure of an object first and then calculate a figure of anindividual component based on the sizes and positions of the object andthe individual common ent.

For example, when an image drawing includes a horizontal length of 10 m,a vertical length of 10 m, and a height of 10 m, the figures of theobject 700 become a horizontal length of 10 m, a vertical length of 10m, and a height of 10 m.

Referring to FIG. 7(b) and FIG. 7(c), when the components are A, B andC, the figures of the components A, B and C are individually calculatedand stored in a memory.

In the case of the component A, the horizontal length is 10 m, thevertical length is 10 m, and the height is 1 m.

In the case of the component B, the horizontal length is 1 m, thevertical length is 1 m, and the height is 7 m.

In the case of the component C, the horizontal length is 8 m, thevertical length is 1 m, and the height is 7 m.

FIG. 8 is a view illustrating recognition of a component in anindividual drawing image according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. FIG. 8 includes FIG. 8(a) and FIG. 8(b).

FIG. 8(a) is a view illustrating component recognition in a firstdrawing image 810. FIG. 8(b) is a view illustrating componentrecognition in a second drawing image 820.

Referring to FIG. 8(a), when there are 3 components of A, B and C, acomponent recognition result, which utilizes position information, maybe [A]-[B, B]-[A]-[C] for the first drawing image 810 in the directionsfrom bottom to top and left to right. Herein, the first drawing image810 may be a front view.

That is, in the case of a front view, when it is assumed that componentsare cumulatively piled in the direction from bottom to top, a componentconstituting a first step is A, components constituting a second stepare B and B, a component constituting a third step is A, and a componentconstituting a fourth step is C.

Referring to FIG. 8(b), [A]-[B, B]-[A]-[C, C] may be expressed for thesecond drawing image 820. Herein, the second drawing image 820 may be aside view.

That is, in the case of a side view, when it is assumed that componentsare cumulatively piled in the direction from bottom to top, a componentconstituting a first step is A, components constituting a second stepare B and B, a component constituting a third step is A, and componentsconstituting a fourth step are C and C.

Here, the square bracket “[ ]” means a component at a same height, andthe connection mark “-” means a connection to a component at a nextheight.

Based on this scheme of representation, a maximum number of componentsallowed for each step may be inferred by considering a common componentbetween the first drawing image and the second drawing image.

In the first step, a maximum number of constitutive components is one A.

In the second step, a maximum number of constitutive components is fourBs.

In the third step, a maximum number of constitutive components is one A.

In the fourth step, a maximum number of constitutive components is twoCs.

When there is a common component between a front view and a side view,the same component may be identified by distinguishing and learningrecognition units between the front and side of the component during thedrawing classification and component recognition step.

First, it is checked whether or not there is a same component, a maximumnumber of components is inferred for each square bracket, and astructure is inferred by inputting the maximum number into a pretrainedstructure inference model.

A structure of an object is inferred by referring to an inference resultand a preset component library. Herein, the component library includes aplurality of existing building structures.

Next, for a component recognized in a first drawing image and a seconddrawing image, a connection relation is inferred by using positioninformation.

The connection relation means a connection between a most similarcomponent to a model, which is trained beforehand according to a form ofan object, and the remaining components.

For example, when the object is a traditional building, a gongpo type isidentified based on the position and number of soros, and a structure ofthe object is inferred.

For detailed inference of structure, a most similar structure issearched by referring to an existing building corresponding to thepretrained model, and the structure of the object is inferred based onthe most similar structure.

FIG. 9 is a view illustrating a structure of an object inferred based ona recognized component according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

Referring to FIG. 9 , a structure of an object 900, which is inferredbased on a recognized component, is [A]-[B, B, B, B]-[A]-[C, C] in thedirection from bottom to top.

Next, inference model learning will be described.

In inference model learning, a structure for whole assembly is given asan answer, and an object inference result is an input.

For example, an answer is [A]-[B, B, B, B]-[A]-[C, C], [A]-[B,B]-[A]-[C] viewed from a first direction is input as an object inferenceresult, [A]-[B, B]-[A]-[C, C] viewed from a second direction is input,and thus learning is performed to infer the whole structure.

Such data may be considered as time series data, and learning of thedata may be performed by such a method as RNN and LSTM. In the case of acomplicated object like a building, as a whole structure is difficult toconfigure in a single drawing, an object may be divided into a pluralityof parts, and the structure of the object may be inferred byindividually inferring each of multiple objects.

When the image drawing includes a figure, the figures of the recognizedcomponent and object are calculated based on the figure, and the figuresthus calculated are stored in a memory. In addition, the calculatedfigures may be marked for respective components.

Referring to FIG. 9 , the figures of the inferred object 900 become ahorizontal length of 10 m, a vertical length of 10 m, and a height of 10m.

In addition, when the object includes components A, B and C, the figuresof the components A, B and C are individually calculated and stored in amemory.

In the case of the component A, the horizontal length is 10 m, thevertical length is 10 m, and the height is 1 m.

In the case of the component B, the horizontal length is 1 m, thevertical length is 1 m, and the height is 7 m.

In the case of the component C, the horizontal length is 8 m, thevertical length is 1 m, and the height is 7 m.

FIG. 10 is a view illustrating an embodiment of drawing a structure ofan object based on an inference result according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 10 , a structure-based drawing step is needed to drawan inferred structure.

In order to implement the structure-based drawing step, a structuredrawing tool 300 and a component library 200 are required.

The structure drawing tool 300 checks a recognized component based on adrawing image 10 and an inference result 20 and proceeds drawing 50 ofan object based on a result of the component library 200. The structuredrawing tool 300 registers an identified component and performscomponent recognition and editing.

The component library 200 includes a structure of an object, whichconstitutes the drawing image 10, a procedure of constructing theobject, a structure template including structures of multiple objects,and a component for drawing. A memory stores the component library 200.

An overall process performs drawing 50 for the inference result 20, thedrawing image 10 and the recognized component through the preconfiguredcomponent library 200 and the structure template.

First, the inference result 20 and the drawing image 10 are input, and astructure of an object, which is most similar to an inferred structureof the object, and a recognized component are obtained from thecomponent library 200. When necessary, the dimension and name of therecognized component may be edited for drawing.

When there is a missing component from the inference result 20, aprocess 30 of registering an unidentified component is implemented.

The component library 200 forwards the structure of the object and acomponent CAD drawing 40 to the structure drawing tool 300.

When a specific component is not present in the component library 200, auser makes a drawing including the specific component, and a drawingimage received from the user is added to the component library 200. Theadded drawing image is registered to the component library 200. Thestructure drawing tool 300 constructs an overall drawing by updating theadded component drawing.

By proceeding the drawing 50, the structure drawing tool 300 models thestructure of the object in two dimensions and in three dimension andgenerates the structure of the object in a CAD file.

According to an embodiment, when there is a component missing from theinference result, the controller 130 receives a new component libraryfrom an external server via a communication unit.

A component, of which the similarity exceeds a preset value, isretrieved by referring to the received component library, and theretrieved component is registered to the component library. Herein, thesimilarity may be 90%. The similarity is not limited thereto but mayhave a variable value.

According to the present invention, when there is a missing component, asimilar component is retrieved in an existing component library or auser inputs a new drawing image including the component so that thecomponent library may keep updated and a sustainable and availablesystem may be constructed.

FIG. 11 is a view illustrating an embodiment of a component libraryaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 11 , the component library 200 includes vectorizing,member writing, and utility.

FIG. 12 is a view illustrating an embodiment of CAD drawing according toan embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 12 , when CAD drawing is performed, an image drawingis transformed to a CAD drawing 50. For a traditional building,individual components are recognized and made into the CAD drawing 50capable of assembling the components again. A file format may be dwg. Inaddition, the file format is not limited to dwg, and conversion to afile capable of making a drawing is possible.

Specifically, for CAD drawing, a building classification engine is usedto infer a structure of an object. In addition, based on a structureinference result, drawing is performed using a structure template of theobject and a structure inference engine of the object, and for acomponent failing to be recognized, a most similar component isretrieved by referring to a component library and is registered to thecomponent library.

FIG. 13 is a view illustrating an embodiment of a component missing froma structure inference result according to another embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 13 , the embodiment is a case in which there is acomponent 1310 missing from a structure 1300 of an object derived as astructure inference result. Alternatively, there may be a case in whichthe part 1310 cannot be assembled because the figures are different fromthose of the drawings.

Especially, in the case of a cultural asset like a traditional building,as it is a building, the internal condition is difficult to know beforethe building is dissembled for maintenance, and there is a component1310 not viewed from outside or partially covered in the structure 1300of the object.

FIG. 14 is a view illustrating a flowchart of a drawing method for acase in which there is a component missing from an inference result. Thepresent invention is implemented by a drawing apparatus 100.

Referring to FIG. 14 , a drawing image is input (S1410). A component inthe input drawing image is recognized (S1420). Based on the recognizedcomponent, a structure of an object is inferred (S1430).

Based on an inference result, there is a missing component (S1440), acomponent, of which the similarity exceeds a preset value, is retrievedby referring to a component library (S1450).

The retrieved component is registered to the component library (S1460).

Drawing is made by adding the retrieved component to the structure ofthe object (S1470).

Based on the inference result, when there is no missing component(S1440), the inferred structure of the object is drawn (S1480).

FIG. 15 is a view illustrating a flowchart of a drawing method accordingto another embodiment of the present disclosure. The present inventionis implemented by a drawing apparatus.

A drawing image is captured by a camera (S1510).

A component in the captured drawing image is recognized (S1520). Basedon the recognized component, a structure of an object is inferred(S1530).

The inferred structure of the object is generated in a CAD file (S1540).

Herein, the CAD file means a file with extension of dwg.

According to the present invention, as a drawing image is captured by acamera and is input, a user's convenience may be improved.

Hereinafter, the market size of architectural services will bedescribed.

The market size of architectural services is about 9.2368 trillionKW(Korean Won) in 2018. The Architecture & Urban Research Institute(AURI) inversely estimated the market size by applying the constructioncost rate of 4% in 2018.

The average added value inducement coefficient of the whole industry is0.764, and the added value inducement coefficient of the architecturalservice is 0.89, which is higher than the average value of the wholeindustry.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a drawing apparatusaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 16 , the drawing apparatus includes a device 1600. Thedevice 1600 may include a memory 1602, a processor 1603, a transceiver1604, and a peripheral device 1601. Also, as an example, the device 1600may further include other components, and is not limited to theabove-described embodiment. In this case, as an example, the device maybe an apparatus operating based on the above-described drawingapparatus.

More specifically, the device 1600 of FIG. 16 may be an imaging deviceand an exemplary hardware/software architecture. In this case, as anexample, the memory 1602 may be a non-removable memory or a removablememory. Also, as an example, the peripheral device 1601 may include adisplay, GPS, or other peripheral devices, and is not limited to theabove-described embodiment.

Also, as an example, the above-described device 1600 may include acommunication circuit like the transceiver 1604, and may communicatewith an external device based thereon.

Also, as an example, the processor 1603 may be a general-purposeprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP), a DSP core, a controller, amicrocontroller, an ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits), anFPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) circuits, any other It may be atleast one or more of a tangible integrated circuit (IC) and one or moremicroprocessors associated with a state machine. That is, it may be ahardware/software configuration that performs a control role forcontrolling the above-described device 1600.

At this time, the processor 1603 may execute computer-executableinstructions stored in the memory 1602 to perform various essentialfunctions of the node. For example, the processor 1603 may control atleast one of signal coding, data processing, power control, input/outputprocessing, and communication operations. Also, the processor 1603 maycontrol a physical layer, a MAC layer, and an application layer. Also,as an example, the processor 1603 may perform authentication andsecurity procedures at an access layer and/or an application layer, andthe like, and is not limited to the above-described embodiment.

For example, the processor 1603 may communicate with other devicesthrough the transceiver 1604. As an example, the processor 1603 maycontrol a node to communicate with other nodes through a network throughexecution of computer-executable instructions. That is, communicationperformed in the present invention can be controlled. As an example,other nodes may be NDN servers, content routers and other devices. Forexample, the transceiver 1604 may transmit an RF signal through anantenna, and may transmit the signal based on various communicationnetworks.

In addition, as an example, MIMO technology, beamforming, etc. may beapplied as the antenna technology, and the embodiment is not limitedthereto. In addition, the signal transmitted and received through thetransceiver 1604 may be modulated and demodulated to be controlled bythe processor 1603, and the embodiment is not limited thereto.

The various embodiments of the present disclosure do not list allpossible combinations, but are intended to illustrate representativeaspects of the present disclosure, matters described in variousembodiments may be applied independently or in combination of two ormore. In addition, various embodiments of the present disclosure may beimplemented by hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof.For implementation by hardware, one or more application specificIntegrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), DigitalSignal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs),Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), general processor, a controller,a microcontroller, a microprocessor, and the like. For example, it maytake various forms including the general-purpose processor. It isapparent that hardware may be disclosed in combination of one or more.

The scope of the present disclosure includes software ormachine-executable instructions (eg, operating system, application,firmware, program, etc.) that cause an operation according to the methodof various embodiments to be executed on a device or computer, and suchsoftware or and non-transitory computer-readable media in whichinstructions and the like are stored and executed on a device orcomputer.

The present disclosure described above can be various substitutions,modifications and changes within the scope that does not depart from thetechnical spirit of the present disclosure for those of ordinary skillin the art to which the present disclosure pertains, so the scope of thepresent disclosure is It is not limited by one embodiment and theaccompanying drawings.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for drawing, the method comprising:inputting a drawing image; recognizing a component in the input drawingimage; inferring a structure of an object based on the recognizedcomponent; and drawing the inferred structure of the object.
 2. Themethod of claim 1, further comprising classifying the drawing imagebased on an attribute of a drawing.
 3. The method of claim 1, furthercomprising recognizing individually a component in the drawing image. 4.The method of claim 1, wherein the inferring of the structure of theobject based on the recognized component comprises inferring thestructure of the object in a direction from a lower component to anupper component.
 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the inferring of thestructure of the object based on the recognized component comprisesinferring the structure of the object based on a first component imageviewed from a first direction.
 6. The method of claim 5, furthercomprising inferring the structure of the object based on a secondcomponent image viewed from a second direction different from the firstdirection.
 7. The method of claim 6, wherein a height of the firstcomponent image and a height of the second component image areidentical.
 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the drawing of the inferredstructure of the object further comprises drawing the structure of theobject by referring to inference result and a preset component library.9. The method of claim 8, further comprising: retrieving a componentwith similarity exceeding a preset value by referring to the componentlibrary, when there is a component missing from the structure of theobject; and registering the retrieved component to the componentlibrary.
 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the drawing of the inferredstructure of the object comprises: modeling the structure of the objectin three dimensions; and generating the structure of the object in a CADfile.
 11. An apparatus for drawing, the apparatus comprising: an inputunit configured to receive an input of a drawing image; a controllerconfigured to: recognize a component in the input drawing image, infer astructure of an object based on the recognized component, and draw theinferred structure of the object, and a display unit configured todisplay the structure of the object.
 12. The apparatus of claim 11,wherein the controller is further configured to classify the drawingimage based on an attribute of a drawing.
 13. The apparatus of claim 11,wherein the controller is further configured to individually recognize acomponent in the input drawing image.
 14. The apparatus of claim 11,wherein the controller is further configured to infer the structure ofthe object in a direction from a lower component to an upper component.15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller is furtherconfigured to infer the structure of the object based on a firstcomponent image viewed from a first direction.
 16. The apparatus ofclaim 15, wherein the controller is further configured to infer thestructure of the object based on a second component image viewed from asecond direction different from the first direction.
 17. The apparatusof claim 16, wherein a height of the first component image and a heightof the second component image are identical.
 18. The apparatus of claim11, further comprising a memory configured to a preset componentlibrary, wherein the controller is further configured to draw thestructure of the object by referring to inference result and the presetcomponent library.
 19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the controlleris further configured to: retrieve a component with similarity exceedinga preset value by the component library, when there is a componentmissing from the structure of the object, and register the retrievedcomponent to the component library.
 20. A method for drawing, the methodcomprising: capturing, by a camera, a drawing image; recognizing acomponent in the captured drawing image; inferring a structure of anobject based on the recognized component; and drawing the inferredstructure of the object in a CAD file.